2021-02-02 16:27 By: GMW.cn
This year, the 40-day long Spring Festival travel rush officially kicked off on Jan. 28, 2021. According to China s Ministry of Transport, the country will send about 1.152 billion passengers during the Spring Festival travel season in 2021. Pandemic prevention and control is the top priority in this year s Spring Festival transport work. In response, the relevant department adjusted the refund policy, adopted various non-contact technologies, and strengthened the protection of front-line staff members.
Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2021 shows that passengers receive a small gift of Chinese character Fu from the staff, representing fortune and good luck . (Sun Wentan/Guangming Picture)
2021-01-31 14:40 By: GMW.cn
The world is now under great pressure to administer vaccines as an immediate measure to curb the worst pandemic in a century that still shows no signs of slowing down. In an effort to contain the pandemic, many countries are searching for deals to secure vaccine access.
According to data collected by Bloomberg based on interviews, company disclosures, news reports and government data, up to Jan. 30, 2021, 8.49 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have already been set aside, which would be enough to cover more than half of the world’s population if the shots were distributed evenly (considering most vaccines demand two doses).
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